Mercury Retrograde and the Writer Strike

Episode 403 features a look ahead at the astrological forecast for June of 2023, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Kirah Tabourn. This month Venus ingresses into Leo and begins the pre-retrograde shadow period, Pluto retrogrades back into Capricorn, and Saturn stations in Pisces while Jupiter sextiles from Taurus. Our lunations this month are a Full Moon in Sagittarius, and a New Moon in Gemini. At the top of the episode we talk about some recent news and events, such as recent concerns over the safety of AI that were raised when Pluto stationed in Aquarius, as well as King Charles III being coronated under a Scorpio lunar eclipse. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. Archetypal Explorer https://www.archetypalexplorer.com The Astrologers’ Websites https://www.chrisbrennanastrologer.com https://austincoppock.com https://www.kirah.world Auspicious Election for April The most auspicious astrological date this month is June 18 2023 at 11:56 AM, with Virgo rising. For other auspicious dates this month our elections podcast: https://theastrologypodcast.com/elections/ Our year ahead electional report is now on sale for 50% off: https://theastrologypodcast.com/2023report/ Patreon for Early Access + Bonus Content https://www.patreon.com/astrologypodcast Timestamps 00:00:00 June astrology overview 00:02:18 Welcoming Kirah and Austin 00:08:42 Pluto station and AI safety concerns 00:18:45 400 episode milestone 00:19:42 Writer’s strike 00:21:30 Aquarius, AI, and aliens 00:32:00 King Charles coronation eclipse 00:39:20 Ancient eclipse reports 00:45:35 Mercury retrograde stories 00:51:00 Firmicus Maternus 00:52:55 Ellen Black 00:55:50 Archetypal Explorer 00:59:10 June forecast begins 01:03:55 Venus retrograde shadow begins 01:33:40 Full Moon in Sagittarius June 3 01:46:15 Pluto returns to Capricorn June 11 01:47:45 Mercury in Gemini June 11 to 26 01:55:35 Jupiter sextile Saturn June 19 02:02:38 Auspicious date June 18 02:07:00 New Moon in Gemini June 17 02:18:55 Mars square Uranus June 25 02:25:55 Mercury cazimi June 30 02:33:00 Kirah’s projects 02:34:00 Austin’s projects 02:36:21 Chris’s projects 02:38:00 Patrons, sponsors, credits Watch the Video Version of This Episode Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VPtonsVZS0 – Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 403 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode Listen to the audio version of this episode or download it as an MP3: